Phoebe Harrop

Partner at Blackbird Ventures

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Biography

Phoebe Harrop is a Partner at Blackbird based in Auckland, New Zealand. Her Blackbird profile states that she grew up in New Plymouth, studied Law and Spanish at the University of Otago, began her career as a consultant at Bain & Company in Melbourne and then London, and then spent three years in the investment team at Generation, a sustainability-focused growth equity fund, working between London and San Francisco, before joining Blackbird's Aotearoa team. She names Excellent, ThroughLine and Carepatron as companies whose founders she backs. Blackbird's April 2024 post names her as taking over leadership of Blackbird Aotearoa. The firm's 25 August 2026 New Zealand media release quotes her as Phoebe Harrop Meadows, Partner at Blackbird. No board seat is recorded. Blackbird's investment announcement posts, twenty-four of which were read on 7 September 2026, name the authoring investor but contain no sentence appointing anyone to a portfolio company board, and no portfolio company board page naming this person was found.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

NextWorkCarepatronTracksuitExcellentThroughLine

Career Timeline

2023
Authored Blackbird's Investment Notes on Tracksuit's seed round, led by Blackbird Aotearoa, published 21 February 2023.
2023
Co-authored Blackbird's Investment Notes on Carepatron's $4M seed round, published 30 August 2023.
2024
Named in Blackbird's April 2024 post as taking over leadership of Blackbird Aotearoa.
2026
Co-authored Blackbird's Investment Notes on NextWork's US$4.45M seed round, published 3 May 2026.
2026
Quoted as Phoebe Harrop Meadows, Partner at Blackbird, in the firm's 25 August 2026 New Zealand media release.

Sources & References

Blackbird - Phoebe Harrop profile ↗Blackbird - Team ↗Blackbird - Investment Notes: NextWork (3 May 2026) ↗Blackbird - Investment Notes: Carepatron (30 August 2023) ↗Blackbird - Investment Notes: Tracksuit (21 February 2023) ↗Blackbird - A Blackbird Takes Flight (19 April 2024) ↗Blackbird media release - Blackbird closes record NZ$1.25bn fund, 25 August 2026 ↗